Body-bolster construction.



PATENTED OCT. 9, 190a.

Nbr 833,085.

0. S. PULLIAM. BODY BOLSTE R CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 1906.

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23 1 @ZLM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSWALD S. PULLIAM, OF PIITSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO PITTSBURGHEQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYD I YANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application filed February 26,1906. Serial No. 802,994.

' ('0 (LL/1 1071 0112, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSWALD S. PULLIAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pitts.- burg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Body-BolsterConstruction, of which the following is a specification.

' The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedbody-bolster construction for cars; and to this end the presentinvention consists of a body-bolster construction, in the novel featuresof construction, and in the combination of parts, all as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanyin drawings, which illus trate an application 0 myinvention, Figure 1 is a top plan, partly in section, of a bodybolsterconstruction embodying my inven-- tion shown in connection with twodraft-sills and a draft-rigging carrier; Fig. 2, a side elevation-alview of the body-bolster proper; Fig. 3, a detail sectional View takenon line III III of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a detail perspective view of centerplate and engaging means for draft-rigging carrier and draft-sills, andFig. 5 a detail-plan of means for engaging carrier and draft-sills madewithout the center-bear- Referring to the drawings, the body-bolsterproper, as illustrated and as preferred, comprises a top member 1, abottom mem-' her 2, and a vertical web 3, joining the top and bottommembers. As particularly shown by Fig. 2, the bottom member is cut awayat its center, as indicated by 4, and the web 3 is formed with avertically-extending slot 5.

vDisposed centrally of the bolster I employ means adapted to beconnected with the draft-sill or draft-sills 6 of a car constructionforked portion 10 is provided for the purpose of supgmrting thedraft-rigging carrier 7.

As shown by the drawings, each of the forked portions '9 and 10 areformed with rivet-holes, and the said draft-sills and the draftriggingcarrier are attached to their re spective forked portions by rivets.

When the casting 8 is applied to the body-- bolster, thevertical member11 of the casting fits into the slot 5 of the bolster and the forkedportion 9 extends outwardly from one side of the bolster-web, whilethe'other forked portion projects from the opposite side of the web.Casting 8 may be attached to the bolster by meansof rivets 13, extendingthrough the walls 9 and 10 of the forked portions, and the vertical web3, as particularly shown by. Fig. 3', or the casting may be attached tothe bolster in some other suitable manner. When the bolster and thecasting are assembled, as above described, the centerbearing 12 or aportion of said center-bearing is located in the cut-away portion of thebottom member of .the bolster. Center-bearing 12 maybe formed integralwith the casting 8, as shown by Fig. 4, or it may be made in a separatepiece.

What I claim is 1. In a body-bolster construction for cars,

the combination with the body-bolster proper formed with openings, of acasting fitted into the openings and interlocked with the body-bolsterprovided with arms projecting from opposite sides of the bolster forsecuring the draft-sill and the draft-rigging carrier of a car.

2. In a body-bolster construction for cars, the combination with thebody-b0lster proper formed with openings, of a casting fitted into theopenings and formed with a center-bearing and with means for securingthe draft-sill and draft-rigging carrier, said casting interlocked withthe body-bolster.

3. In a body-bolster construction for cars, the combination with thebody-bolster proper, of a casting interlocked with the body-bolster andformed with forked portions adapted to engage the draft-sill anddraft-rigging carrier of a car.

4. In a body-bolster construction for cars, the combination with thebody-bolster proper-formed with a vertical slot in its web, of means forsecuring the draft-sill and draftrig ing carrierof a car comprising twofor ed portions and a vertical portion, said IOO from opposite sides ofthe web of the bolster.

portion located in the vertical slot, said castvertical portion locatedin the slot of the-bolprising a top member, a bottom member cut ster-weband the forked portions projecting away at its center, a web joining thetop and bottom members and formed with a vertical 15 slot, and engagingmeans interlocked with the body-b0lster..

In testimony whereof I aflixlmy signature in presence of twosubscribing'witnesses.

'OSWALD S. PULLIAM'Q 5. Ina body-bolster construction, the combinationwith the body-bolster formed with a vertical slot in its web, a castingformed with a center-bearing and having a j ing having engaging armsprojecting from opposite sides of the web of the body-bolster.

6. In a body-bolster construction, the combination with a body-bolsterproper com- Witnesses:

W. G. DooLITTLE, MARGARET HUGHES.

